When we think of sustainability, we do not often think about computers or their use in that context. The reality is there is a lot we can do to “go green” when we think about and use technology. I will ...
Read More »Wilson: InBev’s debt may rule the fate of Anheuser-Busch
InBev’s bid for Anheuser-Busch Cos. raises so many issues that it’s easy to lose focus on the most important one: the debt burden associated with the deal. To pay for what would be the largest all-cash takeover on record, InBev ...
Read More »Senft: Successful mediation means much more than a settlement
Parties to a conflict or dispute must achieve some degree of interrelating as a prerequisite to reaching a successful and satisfying self-resolution of their conflict. This is true with respect to all conflicts, but especially where there is or was ...
Read More »Successful mediation means much more than a settlement
Parties to a conflict or dispute must achieve some degree of interrelating as a prerequisite to reaching a successful and satisfying self-resolution of their conflict. This is true with respect to all conflicts, but especially where there is or was ...
Read More »Napier: The law does not stop for childbirth
My daughter arrived exactly one day early this week. A delicate flower at 10 pounds, 7 ounces, and 22 inches. A seemingly full head of dark hair and her mother’s beautiful blue eyes. And during the marathon of labor, I ...
Read More »Woolner: Porn everywhere, filmmaker and judge both have it
When the U.S. Justice Department created an anti-obscenity task force in 2005, prosecutors looked for the most disgusting smut around in hopes of jailing its peddlers. How else to justify an entire federal task force devoted to such hard-to-prove, drop-in-the-bucket, ...
Read More »The law does not stop for child-birth
My daughter arrived exactly one day early this week. A delicate flower at 10 pounds, 7 ounces, and 22 inches. A seemingly full head of dark hair and her mother’s beautiful blue eyes. And during the marathon of labor, I ...
Read More »Porn everywhere, filmmaker and judge both have it
When the U.S. Justice Department created an anti-obscenity task force in 2005, prosecutors looked for the most disgusting smut around in hopes of jailing its peddlers. How else to justify an entire federal task force devoted to such hard-to-prove, drop-in-the-bucket, ...
Read More »Fed not in it to back a ‘strong dollar’ policy
Let’s get one thing straight: The Federal Reserve isn’t going to raise interest rates to back a “strong dollar” policy. The dollar’s value isn’t a central consideration in the Fed’s interest-rate policy deliberations. Only on rare occasions has it ever ...
Read More »Housing bubble didn’t burst every-where in U.S.
Economic savants focused on the U.S. housing bust tend to neglect one overriding fact: Some of the market is doing fine. Some home markets have flown under the global media screen and are benefiting from employment, population surges and moderate ...
Read More »Seeing recession when there’s none to be found
The idea that the U.S. is in a terrible recession that may turn into a depression has spread like a malicious computer virus. If you visited Google’s news site and searched on the word “recession” on Friday, then you found ...
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